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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 December 2009
On Tuesday, October the 7th, Mr. Rolleston came with Dr. Jackson to Mims, and stayed there till the next morning. We had a great deal of conversation respecting the times, the situation of Parties, and the general state of the country. I told him that, considering the bad success of our arms on the continent during the last campaign, the Administration could not meet Parliament with much satisfaction; that, however desirable Peace must be, I flatterd myself Mr. Fox would act with moderation and discretion in bringing forward any motion with a view of obtaining it; that I thought his plan should be, to lament the present circumstances of the country, rather than boast his having foretold them; and by recommending rather than dictating a different line of conduct he might conciliate many respectable persons both in and out of Parliament, who were already weary of a war so little likely to prove successful.
page 207 note 1 The Duke of York's expedition to the Netherlands had been a complete failare. Other great disasters were the failure at Dunkirk and the evacuation of Toulon.
page 216 note 1 George III. had lately accepted the crown of Corsica.
page 217 note 1 His motion ran thus: “That any particular form of government which may prevail in France should not preclude negociation or prevent peace consistent with the interest, the honour, and the security of this country.” Lord Grenville moved an amendment to support the King in the war, relying “on the desire uniformly manifested by his Majesty to effect a pacification on just and honourable grounds with any government in France, under whatever form, which should appear capable of maintaining the accustomed relations of peace and amity with other countries.”
page 218 note 1 Dr. Watson. The speech is remarkably eloquent.
page 218 note 2 His motion was thus worded: “That the existence of any particular government in France ought not to preclude such a peace between the two countries as both in it'self and in the manner of effecting it should be otherwise consistent with the safety, honour, and interest of Great Britain.” This was the first beginning of an estrangement between Pitt and Wilberforce.
page 220 note 1 The marriage took place at night.
page 223 note 1 This took place on January 7, 1796.
page 225 note 1 This letter is printed in Fitzgerald's Life of George IV. vol. i. p. 308.